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The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
,'ulve me a quarter /,

'Glve me q quarter L
black pepper" said a cus,. n
uptown grocer recently. th
pure"
The grocer took down a little pack
age done up in tin foil and adorned
with a yellow label bearing the legand:
6 Pure Black Pepper"
This is what sells for black pepper,
but seeing l know you pretty well l
don't mind telling you there's not a
grain OF black pepper in It. ! w0rAed
for five years in the milling Dol OF a
spice.mill, and I'm on to the business
from end to end. Now, this particular
spice is made this way: "Take eighty
SIX pounds of fine ground bran mixed
with pulveTiZed chaTccal-the last to
T present the black hull OF the pepper
grain; then add fifteen pounds Of
ground cayenne pepper and there you
have 100 pounds of pure black pep
per-"
cts the same way with mustard -
the grocer continued. Fifteen to
twenty pounds of cayenne pepper, the
balance Of cheap wheat flour colored-
yellow makes 100 pounds Of genuine
mustard. The highest grades which
aren't often retailed, ( tain as much
as one-half real must d. But cream
Of tartar is the biggest swindle. a
fifteen pound can of the low grade con-
tains one pound OF tartarlc acid and
fourteen of terra alba. The terra alba
is a mild alkali and neutralizas the eff
feet of the acid. Higher grades of the
mixture contain a tTlfle more tartaric
acid.
You probably think you've eaten
some cinnamon in your time the
grocer went on. "Well, you haven't.
| don't suppose there's ten pounds Of
cinnamon bark in the United states.
What passes for cinnamon Is the bark
of the cassia tree. This is adulterated
with a still coarser bark, known as
cassia vera. The article is also mixed
with peas and roast bran. L need not
tell you about roast coffee; everybody
knows about that. It's just the same
way through the whole list of spices.
If you could smuggle yourself into tie
basement of some spice mill you would
find bins of bran, peas, terra alba, etc"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Rheumatism and Catarrh Can be Gu
CAvANpA1GuA. N. Y. May %,

CAyANpAIGUA, N. Y, May 90, 1s
Purdee Medicine Co.:
GENTLEMEN:-Near1y all winter | wa
fined to my room with iniiammatory
matism. / commenced using Dr.. Pa
Rheumatic Remedy, but after taking
q time the pain became more intense, an
was alarmed and feared the remedy
making me worse, but continued its u.s.
soon the pain left me, and I gradually
proved, the soreness leaving my arm
shoulders and seeming to pass out at my
It has completely cured me. AT tne -
l commenced using the remedy, l had
threat difficulty and the catarrh, which
found to be better after taking it, and it c
Cured to me to use it as o gargle, which
did, and to my great satisfaction | improve
rapidly, and to-day am free from both rhe
ma.ism and catarrh. / consider it indispen
able as a family medicine. l take n te
spoonful after breakfast. and find it q sple
did tonic. l would advise you to recommei
it as a gargle for throat troubles and catarT
for | know it will cure. / have seen sol
remarkable cures from the use Of this rer
cdy, and it is one l can recommend to all.
lam, very truly yours,
E. r. MCCALL.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

WIFE docking up from book)-"My
gracious alive, l would not have been
The wife OF the earl Of Warwick for
anything"
Husbaud-'Why2"
Wife-"Beoauss | see IL stated that
no less than 80, 600 persons are daily at
bis table"
Huspand-"v-hat difference would
that have madeI''
Wife-"Do you reckon I'd want to
walt on so many people? Think l
could wash 80 many dishes? Think
that a woman's created merely to
work2 | never saw the like. Men
haven't got a bit of sympathy. Here
you set at a ; and want me to set the
table for $1,000 people. ! ought not to
live with you another minute, you
heartleSs thing"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
FOOD FOR

Men resemble the gods in nothing so
much as IN doing good to their fellow
creatures.
Two sorts of writers possess genius
those who think, and those who cause
others to think,
Liars show their respect for the
truth by growing angry when caught
disregardlng it.
Difference is the most complicate, the
most indirect, and the most elegant Of
all compliments.
To smile at the Jest which plants u
thorn in anOther's breast Is to become
a principal In the mischief.
If there's a right thing to be done,
and we seem to pass through Il wrong
thing ON u way TO do it, depend upon
1t there's another way to do 1t and a
better one, and it is our own fault, ana
not Gods that we do not find it.
Don't be a grumbler. Some people
contrive to get hold Of the prickly side
OF everything, to run against all the
sharp corners and d~lsagreeable things.
Half the strength spent IN growing
would often set things right. You may
AZ well make up your mind TO begin
with that no one ever found the world
quite as he would like it; but you are
to take your part of the trouble and
bear it bIavely. You will be sur to
have burdens laid upon you that belong
to Other people, unless you are a shirker
yourself; but don't grumble. Ii the
work needs doing, and you a do it,
never mind about that other who ought
TO have done it but didn't. Those
workers who fill uU the gaps and smooth
away the rough spots, and finish up the
jobs that others leave undone-they are
the true peacemakers, and worth a
whole regiment of GROWERS.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

~ SAY, pop" shouted Jimmy Turf
boy. as lie raced into the house, "has
the teacher any right to keep things
what belong to a boy2" mo, my son,
She has not. What has she got that be-
longs to you?' ''YYhat has she got2
Well, she's got my test jackknife, seven
marbles, a glass as ate, "a dandy piece
of string, a pocKetful of horse-chestnuts,
my chestnut-bell and"-"Thatn do,
James. | will send over IN express
wagon and have them brought home 3"
And I'm going to ride in the wagoni'
and grabbing a hot doughnut from the
table he skipped out like a young
cyclone.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

scan Imagination EjEI?" is the ques-
ton which the British and Colonial
Druggist puts to itself in discussing the
death Of IL young woman at Hackney
under circumstances in which Keating's
insect powder largely figured. AS the
powder appears, under DR.. Tidy's ex-
pertinent, perfectly harmless, the sug-
geStion is not unnaturally made that
the deceased, who was possibly of a
hysterical, highly imaginative turn of
mind, took the powder IN the full belief
that by its means her death might be
accomplished. The writer of the arti-
Gle in our contemporary, We think
wrongly, brings forward two remarka-
BILE instances of what may be regarded
as practical jokes with melancholy ter
limitations. In the case of the convict
delivered up to the scientist for the
purpose of a psychological experiment
1.-THE man was strapped to u table and
blindfolded, ostensibly to be bled to
death; a syphOn containing water was
placed rear his head and the fluid was
allowed to trickle audibly into a vessel
below it, at the same time that a trihing
scratch with the needle was indicted
on the culprlt'S neck; it is said that
death occurred at the end of six min.
utes), fear must have played no incon-
siderable share in the fatal result, and
we do not know whether all the vital
organs were IN a sound condition,
though they were presumably so. The
old story of the case of a college porter
is also one in point. The students en-
trapped HIM into a room at night, a
mock inquiry was held, and the pun
ishment of death by decapitation de-
creed for his want of consideration to
the students. 1t is small wonder that,
under the dominion Of tear and belief
in the earDeStness of his tormentOrs,
the sight of an ak and block, with sub
sequent blindlolding and necessary
genufexion, a sharp rap with a wet
towel on the back of his neck should
have been followed by the picking up
of q corpse,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

OMAHA BEAUTY-"Nr. De Blank
Arthur, Cousin Ne,l says you have en-
gaced yo2rself to herr
Mr.. De Blank-"I have"
Have you forgotten sir, that it is
only two years since you proposed to
meY"
II have not"
And yet you engage yours { to
a|notherlp
''You refused me-"
Certainly, but l think you might
lave shown some little respect for my
memory"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

A PRETTY Philadelphia girl who is
most fluent and frequent of spec h came
I've to Washington not long ago under
the escort of one of our society men
who is known for lis conversational
silence. "Well, Florence" said the
young lady whom she was visiting
when the two girls had a moment to
themselves, "what did you think of
Lieutenant X?" "Oh delightful,
eharmlngl" exclaimed the fair Phila-
delphi an; she is the most entertaining
man l ever met. Why do you know,
before we had gone fifty miles from
Philadelphia my throat was so slte l
could hardly speakP"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Cotton is not a fiber, but a plant
hair. 1t holds to be spun into a thread
because of peculiar twists in each hair,
shown under the microscope especially
in polarized light. Linen thread may
be spun because the flax tibers have
certain roughness on their surfaces,
which enable them to cling together.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Wherever you live, you should write TO
s. Co., Portland, Maine, and learn
about work that you can do while living at
your own home at a profit OF at least from
50 to $50 and upwards daily. Some have
made over $50 in a day. All is new.
sex. All ages. Hallett & Co. will
start you. Capital not needed All p%artic-
free. Send along your address at
once and all of the above will be proved to
you. Nothing like it ever known to work
ingmen.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

~ PRESUME, General, you have had
some very narrow escapes" said a
rretty Dupont circle girl to an old
war horse of celebrate proclivities.
"Oh, yes, that is part Of our bust.
ness" he replied, nOnchalantly.
"Tell me about some of them. l Go
80 love stories of adventure when the
stoIy-teller is the a%dyeuturer. Tell me
the very worst of them AL" she cried,
with a pr-tty flush Of excited interest.
"Um-um,n he muttered, scratch.
ing his head, so as to sort them over
for the choicest: ''um-leu me see
we'll, | was engaged to to married
once
One was all she wanted.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
Stranger inan Fiction.

are the records of some of the cures of con-
sumption effected by that most wonderful
temedy-Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery" Thousands of grateful men
md women, who have been snatched almost
rom the very jaws of death, can testify
hat consumption. in its early stages. is no
onger incurable. The Discovery has no
equal as a p%ectoral and Alternative, and the
most obstinate affections af the throat and
lungs yield to its powor. All druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

The farmers, in their swamps, we're sure,
Could find the roots and plants that cure;
II by their knowledge they only knew
For Just the disease each one grew.
Take courage now and '~Swamp-Root" try
(for kidney, liver and Bladder complatBtsl
as on this remedy you can rely.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Il recent writer goes for the fusibl9
plug in boilers. He says that they VIII
by the action Of heat become hard and
fail to melt, and that they sometime
become covered by mud and melt slow
ly. when some one is hauled up for
carving low water
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

REAL ESTATE AGENT Ito applicant
for hou. e)-Any children?
Applicant-Two.
T.. Agent--Can't let you have the house.
We draw The line at IL child.
Applicant-Well, really, don't see
AgeHt-Stayl / have q plan. /
have a small m~arlari0us house in the
suburbs. You might take that, and
when your family is-er-redueei 10
the pre-. sizs / can accommodate you.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

DUsENBURY (suspiciously)-''Who
was thai young mar who danced with
Jessica at the ball last night?"
Mrs. D. (proudlyl-"That was Sir
Reginald Bo by"
AN Englishmanf"
"One of the first families OF Slump
kln-on-the-Brash. Heavens, George,
you do not doubt him?n
"Well, l dunno. 1t struck me lie
was rather well dressed for an English
man,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

according to recent Franklin Insti-
tute tests one pound of coal will yield an
amount of light averaging $50 candles
with the electric arc light labout 60 per
cent. of this If glass shades are used,
20 candles with incandescent lampsand
Ia to IL candles with gas. In this esti-
mate it is assumed that steam coal is
burned under a COED boiler for the cleo
trio lights, and that the gas is obtained
from a bituminouS coal.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

MRS. PATRIcIAN Ito new glrl)-'I
suppose, Bridget, you overheard my
husband and l conversiDg rather earn
estly this morningP'
RrIdget-''Indade I did that, num-
Mrs. Pr hope you do not consider
that any thing unusual was going on?"
Bridget-"Niver q bit, mum. /
wanst had a husband meself, mum, an
niver q day passed that the neighbors
didn't behave one or the other NV us
would be kilt entolrly."
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

MAMMA-"You are becoming a real
coed boy, Dick" Little Dick-"Yes-
sum-" "What has worked such a
change, Dick? guess it must have
been playing with that dear little Dot
next door," "Mebby.' "You want
another kissP OF course, pet; you
didn't used to act as if y0u cared
whether you were kissed OF not"
We'll, you see you told me there wasn't
no Santa Claus, and I've got no one to
fall back on now 'cept you and pop"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
Less than 0ne-half the Amount Cur
Him,

John c. Heron, of &c 4th street, Rochea
has peer troubled for years with rheumai
in the shoulders and about the heart.
gave a physician ten dollars for N exam
ton, and he merely informed him that
had rheumatism of the heart. He was
by DR.. Pardee's Rheumatic Remedy, a
less than one-half the money paid fort
animation.
Ask your druggist for DR.. Pardee's
edY, and take no other, Price, 81 per
six bottles, S..
Pardee Medicine Co., Rochester, y
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

He" m awfully glad to be able to
offer gov an umbrella, Mrs. Hauterive. F."
She You are very kind, Mr.. Seller.
| shall take great pleasure in returning
1t to my husband. He left 1t at the
club last night, you know"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

OLD GENT-Have you brought all CT
my wiie's traps. coachman?
Coachman-NO, sir, Some are at
the depot yet.
Old Gent-For goodness sakel What
have you left behindp
Coachman-Her daughter, sir.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

when YOU visit or cave New York CITY, save
baggage expressage and 81 carriage Hire, and SOP
fithe Grand Union Hotel, opposite Grand Cen.
uai Depot
coo elegant rooms. fitted up at a cost IT ons
million dollars 81 and upwards per
Gay. European Plan Elevator. Restaurant
supplied with the best. Horse cars, stages ami
elevated railroad TO all depots Families can i've
better for less money at the Grand Union HOta
than al any other nrst-class hoJel in the cltE
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

IL a farmer makes but little effort,
and is content TO drive an old scrub6y
team, and scatter a little fodder to old
brlndle. VIII le sheep and hogs complete
the stock outfit, that nan is a failure.
Don't lorget or neglect TO put your
farm-roads in good repair before 1t is
too late. YOu will save more than the
whole cost of the job in II week when
you need a good track in the busy
springtime.
Or. james DdrieS states that the
DruidIc college of the twelfth century
considered lannin the most potent of
all tie PRODUCTS of nature Ia producing
sterllity, and that tea drinking, as prac-
ticed by the public, undoubted'" acts
IN the same direction.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

JoNEs-"Can you keep a secret,
Brown?''
Brown-"For goodness sake, don't
tell me any secretsp' why not?"
Brown-"Man, I belong to fourteen
societies now and carry enough secrets
around to drive an ordinary man insane.
Tell some other fellow.n
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

For weak lungs, splitting of blood, short
less of breath, consumption, night-sweat S
md all lingering coughs, DIR. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery" is a sovereign
,emedy. Superior TO cod liver oil. By
druggists.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

antique MarbleS.-A recent interest
ing discovery Is that of the ancient
quarrles where the beautiful antique
marbles were obtained. In the prov
ince of Oran, Algiers, has been opened
an extensive deposit containing giallo,
antlco, breecla and cipoline, besides
black and white marble. Until this
re-discovery the beautiful yellow marble,
gallo antico, has been unknown save by
fragments found in Roman rulns two
or three years ago.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Cleanses the scalp, n leaves the hair
soft and beautiful. Halls Hair REVIEWER.
Ifyou have any form of throat or lung
disease, take Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

SICK HeoddChe. Thousands who have suffered
intensely with sick headache say that Hoods Sar-
saparllla has completely cured them. one gentle
man thus relieved, writes: floods sarsaparllla
is worth ls weight in gold.' Sold by all drug
gists. 100 doses 81.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

The Lord can more easily have faith
n the religion that wears IN old coat
% church, than the man in the coat
ian,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

1t is better to arise from your knees.
and shut your hens out of your neigh
BORIS yard, than to indulge in long
prayers,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

"What we learn with pleasure we never
forget"-Ayred MERCER. The following is
a case in point. 81 paid out hundreds OF
dollars without receiving any benefit"
says Mrs. Emily Rhoads, of McBrides,
Mich. 81 had female complaints, espec-
tally 'dragging-down.' for over six years.
Or. r. v. Piercc's Favorite Prescription
lid me more good han any medicine l ever
ook. l advise every sick lady to take it"
And so do we. 1t never disappolnts its pa
rons. Druggists sell it,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Greatly prolonged sleep is n of the
rArer phenomena Of hysteria, and per-
tains to the category of hystero epilep-
So, in which sleep predominates over
the convulsive symptoms. Charcot re-
Gently had a case in which sleep con
tinued for ffty.four days. and was fol-
lowed by two days of restlessness, ac-
companied by hallueinations. There
was no difficulty in feeding the patient,
as reflex movements Of deglutition
occurred whenever anything was placed
in the mouth. The urine and faces
were passed Involuntary. Tue patient
awoke spontaneously and had no recol-
lection of her long slumber.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Many a mn who now lacks shoe.
leather, would wear golden spurs if
knighthOCd were the reward of worth.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Remember, whatever warrant you
have for pray ing, you have the same
warrant to believe your prayers will be
answered.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22
Frazer Y Grease

One trial will convince you that it is the
best. Ask your dealer for the Frazer Axle
Grease, and AXE no other. Every box has
our trade mark on.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

A substance resembling cellulold may
be made from potatoes by peeliug them
aud, after soaking in water, impregna-
ting with eight parts of sulphuric aeid,
then drying and pressing between
sheets Of blotting paper, In France
pipes are made of this substance scarcely
distinguishable from m~eerschaum. BY
suhjecting the mass to great pressure a
substance can be made OF it rivalling
ivory In hardness.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Miss Dr. gY-''l hear that you are
engaged to Vung Solder, the plumber
Miss Pufy-'It is a fact, Jane"
sit always struck me that he was u
cold, callous creature"
Well, Jane, l confess that he does
not do very much cooling, but on bill
ing he cannot be surpassed"
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

NothlnglIke Cams Kidney Cure for Dropsv,
Gravel, BrIght's, Heart, Urinary or Liver Diseases.
Nervousness, &c. Cure guaranteed. ON e, sSt
Try IL
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

FITS: All Fits stopped free. Treatise and S3trial
bottleo Of DR.. Kline's Great Nerve RestOrer, free e.
tucaseS sendtoDr. Kline, 93l Arch st., Phila-, Pa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Whether he IS great or small, set that
man down for a fool who boasts that
he does not read the local papErs.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

bronchitis Is cured by frequent snn II
doses of Piso's Cure for Consumption,
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

The gilded calf, having wealth with.
ont soul. finds more worshlppers to-day
than in the days of Moses.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Electricity furnishes the motive
power for a 20-inch gun factory in
Italy.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

An artificial sponge has been made
of cotton in England. 1t is efficient
and cheap.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

Difference Between Cotton and
Linen.
The Penn's Grove record., 1887-01-22

1t cost $1O3, 9l9, 528 to conduct the
public schools of the United States in
1894.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-11
Miss II, Hardness OF Greenwood is
Visiting the Aiiss.,., Riiau

Miss II, Hardness OF Greenwood il
wishing the Misses fsiiey.
Horses and Mules for Sale or Ex,
chnnge. Il. G. CnAppoN, Central, S. q.
A Railroad on paper is good for every
thing except hauling passengers and
freight.
Martin B. Evans was before tho Com
missioner last week on o charge of re-
failing. He was held forcourt.
First gil1.-''Has Mary Whitman got
ST. Vitus' Dance2" Second girl. -t'No;
but she hNs ordered il. She will receive
it in few days"
Grandpa McCaslan is reported quite
i'll at Laurens, though he was thought
to be improving at last accounts. His
many friends in Pickens wish him n
speedy recovery.
McFall's Almanac, has had its sur
roundings somewhat imp ovod. The
pavement in front has been Hoored
Walk right in ovor the new floor and see
many new goods.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-11
Shady Grove &;cGseNI.

There seemB to have been some
misunderstanding about who should
teach the Shady Grove School in
Eastatoe Township. One of the trus-
tees, Rev j. T. Lewis, promised the
school to Mr.. W. J. Boggs lastspring.
This summer Miss Cor1ie Ellis not
knowing anything about the prom
Use to Boggs, applied for the school
and received the endorsement of q
majority of the patrons. Mr.. Lewis
not wishing to- decide the matter
himself, referred the question to the
full board. The school was awarded
to Miss ellis and the school register
delivered to her A few days after,
wards this action was annullcd and
the school awarded to Mr.. Boggs.
From this action there was an appeal
to the County Board. The County
Board heard the case, and sent it
back to the trustees with instructions
to hold an election for teacher. This
election was held on the Sd inst, and
resulted Boggs II, Miss Ellis 7. II
is said that several who were suppor.
tors Of Miss Ellis had no notice OF
the election.
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-11
The F@rsm"rs' Meeting at ts:tEa.
Gy Springs.

Tho meeting advertised to take
place at Sandy Springs on Tuesday
the 23d inst. is most opportune
movement. Tho time and place Of
meeting is exactly adapted to the
convenience Of farmers IN the Pied
mont section. And then tho object
of the meeting should enlist the sym
wthy OF the FARMERS especially, Of
Anderson, Oconeo md Picllcns colm-
ties. The issue has been fairly made
up between the Tillman reformer and
the Obstructionist in the last Lenis.
lature. For once let the farmers
show that they have the Intelligence
and determination to stand together
for their rights. The farmers have
made very moderate demands upon
the attention Of our Legislature, nnd
yet these moderate requests have
been ignored. Let the farmers take
up the gauntlet thus insolcnty
throw in our teeth Ivy our Legislators
next fall. 'Tillman md Reform
should be the watch word, and with
these talamanic words emblazoned on
our banners victory will be assured.
Let tho first gun in the campaign
he fired at Sandy Springs, and may
it's echo be rcvcIbcratcI from hill top
to valley, and from the Blue Ridge TO
the Atlantic until our State is redeem
ed from the rule of oligarchy which
now CONTROLS her destinics.
So let the farmers especially, and
citizens generally turn ont on thc %
and hear for themselves The words ot
the great reformer, Hon. B. r. Till
man and his worthy coadiutor, Col
Polk, ofNortil Carolina.
ASDEpsoN FARMER